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A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) team has invented a new technology to image single molecules with unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution, thus leading to the first "true-colour" super-resolution microscope. By delivering both spatial and spectral information for each molecule, this imaging technique enables new ways to...
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According to study findings published by researchers from the Universities of Sydney, Harvard, Stanford and MIT, the ‘bio printing’ of transplantable organs and tissues is one step closer.Successfully growing large complex tissues requires artificial vascular networks that imitate the human body's circulatory system: the team of scientists has successfully...
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A study recently published in the Journal of Immunology Research reports that patients with highest levels of the most powerful version of the immune molecule HLA-G seem to have the lowest risk of rejecting their transplanted kidney.Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, immunologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University and the study's corresponding...
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In recognition of her research to understand the organisation and development of the cell EMBO, an organisation of more than 1500 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences, has announced Sophie Martin of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, as the winner of the 2014 EMBO Gold Medal. The award acknowledges her work to understand...
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An innovative new technique developed by UNC researchers could enable doctors to visualise tumours without using radiation in a more cost effective way.Compared to X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, ultrasound not only provides an alternative which is less expensive, but more importantly, it is a radiation-free technology for detecting and monitoring cancer....
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In the cell nucleus, DNA carries out its activities in a diluted state where it synthesises proteins and, despite resembling a messy tangle of thread, its structure is in actually governed by precise rules that are important for it to carry out its functions. Customarily, biologists have studied DNA by observing it experimentally with a number of techniques....
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A University of Surrey research team has developed an innovative device that can differentiate between normal and unhealthy cells.The team, led by Michael Hughes, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed a device that analyses the electrical properties of cells - with hopes that it will enable the early detection of oral cancer and other medical...
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More than one per cent of all cancer patients carry a gene which drives the development of tumours, and it is the first time ever that researchers have identified the gene CUX1 to be widely linked to cancer development.According to the team of researchers, deactivating CUX1 activates a biological pathway that enhances tumour growth. Drugs inhibiting...
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It sounds like a futuristic dream, yet it has been researched for a number of years already: simply printing out tissue and organs.Scientists have been able to further refine the current technology and are now in a position to produce various tissue types.A statement released by the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO) shows an 18% decline...
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